St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-08-25
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other and upright, manly father 2
Feren't they surrounded by the same
bod influences Didn't they have
e same godly exampleP l don't see
by the Newell boys all turned out
bch worthless fellows, while the girls
few into noble women. There's Lucy,
w-Our minister's wife-cultivated,
eet- tempered, and benevolent. Who
Fer saw a lOvelier lady than Alice
nd Harriet is all that could be de-
red. l don't understand it, Miss
ercy declare / don't. We all know
lob and Frank Newell are idle and
Orthless. How is it 7"
"StOp a minute, Mrs. HARRISON" re-
bonded Miss Percy; "did they have
he same training7 l know they were
bought up under the same roof, but
hey were brought up very differ
htly, assure yOu. Bob and Frank
Jewell were good enough to begin
it'll, but their dOting mother has
ined them. Why, Mrs. Harrison,
hose boys used to come into the house
nd throw their caps and jackets on
lie floor for their mother or sisters to
pick up and put away.
"The mother, you know, was a weak,
i e god -natured woman, who wOrshiped
Ter husband and sons, and was con-
ent to slave and pick up for them,
elieving it was all unselfish devotion.
But the girls rebelled-pOor things.
10 wonder! Then Mrs. Newell would
sAy: 'Why, Alicep or 'Why, Lucy !!
f'm surprised at you. Won't you do
hat much for your dear brothers 2
Nm sure it's mere trifle for them to
a SIX of you And poor Lucy or Alice
# would go back and wait on the boys,
thinking they must be selfish things to
drudge this constant service.
"When Harriet was little thing,
IS Dir. Newell died, leaving his large
ibrtune to his wife. They were living
B b New York then, and Lucy and Alice
we're young ladies, beginning to enjoy
life in large city. Bob and Frank were
bot engaged in any business; they
E couldn't make money, it seemed, though
s they could spend fast enough.
"First they tried manufacturing
eloth. They rented mill and hired a
superintendent. Then they paid brief
n tlaily visits to their Office from ten till
. two. The superintendent had entire
"a control of them and the business, and
s. le managed both to his own profit.
When manufacturing failed, the boys
tried one thing after another, until,
finally, they determined to try farm
& ing.
"Ther weak, fond mother, whose
faith in her boys seemed to increase
& with their increasing helplessness,
sold her house in New York, and
came to this remote village to live.
4 Harriet was a child then-tO be edu-
Gated. Lucy and Alice were enjoying
the pleasures and advantages of New
q York but they were not to be cOnsid-
cred for a moment. Education, pleas
ure, and friendships must be broken
off; expenses must be cut down to the
i. lowest, to help those precious
spendthrift boys, who had yet to make
their first sacrifice for either mother
or sisters.
"They bought old Lemuel White Is
4 farm, the best place for miles and miles.
But it was the old story; nobody
about the place knew anything but
themselves, nObody's advice would
they take, and everything about the
farm was expected to look after itself
They bought all the patent reapers
and mowers advertised in the county
papers but when the time came tC
use them, Bob wanted to go to the fair,
and Frank couldn't find the hay hook
Whens the neighbOring farmers were
planting corn, it was discovered that
the new patent corn-drill was out of or
i der, or wouldn't work. Every thing about
the place went down, except the debts,
which rose higher and higher. Bot
and Frank cursed their luck and took
to drinking the farm had to be sold
at last, and poor Mrs. Newell woke up
one morning to find herself homeless.
"Lucy and Alice went to New York,
and found employment through form
er friends of their father. For five
years they supported their mother
then Lucy married, and soon after AL
ice, you know, and Harriet supports
herself. The boys, for whom every
one else was sacrificed, can barely carr
living, and are poor, shiftless Great
ures, who never will rise.
81 tell you, Mrs. Harrison, it wa.
the difference in their training which
made the Newell boys and girls differ
The girls were taught to be unselfsh
thoughtful, and considerable. The boys
were trained to regard their sisters anC
mother as servants and themselves al
superior beings, to whose cOmfor
everything must be subservient. Nat
urally they grew up thinking thei
ease of more Importance than the right
of other people. Their mother RUNE,
them"
"Well," said Mrs. Harrison, rising
slowly, 81 shall make my Jack ham,
up his cap and jacket when l G.
home"
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